China Room: LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021

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ISBN: 9781784706364

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Attribute name	Attribute value
Author	Sahota, Sunjeev
Pub Date	05/05/2022
Binding	Paperback
Pages	320

Publisher: VINTAGE

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At a farm in Punjab, northern India, three girls are married to three brothers in one ceremony. For weeks afterwards, segregated from the men in the 'china room', heavily veiled, and meeting their husbands only under cover of darkest night, none of the girls is entirely sure which brother is hers.

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Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021, a thrilling and heartbreaking story of love, family, survival and betrayal.

'A gorgeous, gripping read' Kamila Shamsie
'I'm blown away by it' Tessa Hadley
'The stuff of miracles' Bryan Washington

Mehar, a young bride in rural Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. It is 1929, and she and her sisters-in-law - married to three brothers in a single ceremony - spend their days hard at work on the family farm, sequestered from contact with the men. When Mehar develops a theory as to which of them is hers, a passion is ignited that will put more than one life at risk.

Spiralling around Mehar's story is that of a young man who in 1999 flees from England to the deserted sun-scorched farm. Can a summer spent learning of love and of his family's past give him the strength for the journey home?

'A multi-generational masterpiece' Daily Mail

'Amazing storytelling...gripping and very moving' BBC Radio 4, Open Book

'Moving...fresh and nourishing' The Times